The New Party Sakigake (新党さきがけ Shinto Sakigake) was a Japanese political party that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 1993. The party was created by Masayoshi Takemura. The party, like the LDP, was a right-wing, conservative party, except it had many reformist and even moderate ecologist elements. The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), also known as JiyÅ« Minshutō (自由民主党, or the abbreviation Jimin-tō 自民党) is the largest political party in Japan, as of 2004. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. ... In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between those generally classified as being left-wing, liberal, or socialist and those seen as being right-wing, conservative, or fundamentalist. ... Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. ...

In 1994, New Party Sakigake took part in the government of Murayama Tomiichi, a government coalition of the Liberal Democrats and the Japan Socialist Party, which replaced the liberal coalition headed the previous year by the Japan Renewal Party. The New Party Sakigake took part in the government. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also abbreviated as SDP in English) is a political party of Japan. ... Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism, an adherent of the ideology espousing individual liberty and private property, meaning varies country to country American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Modern liberalism, in the USA, describes a political ideology that favors government intervention to promote equality Political progressivism, a political... The Japan Renewal Party (also JRP)(新生党, Shinseitō) was a Japanese political party that existed in the early 1990s. ...

The Sakigake Party took part in the government of Murayama Tomiichi, which was basically a government coalition with the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party. Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市 Murayama Tomiichi) (born March 3, 1924) was the 81st Prime Minister of Japan from June 30, 1994 to January 11, 1996 and was replaced by Ryutaro Hashimoto. ... The Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党) (in Japanese Nihon Shakai-to) was a former Japanese political party with a socialist, left-wing ideology, which functioned between 1945 and 1996. ...

In 1997, the New Party Sakigake had 2 members in the House of Representatives and 3 members in the House of Councillors, which was good for them, especially after the LDP became the ruling party again. However, it decided to moderate its stance, and, because of the power of the ecologist and reformist factions, the conservatives decided to reform the party. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thus, in 1998, the party changed its name to The Sakigake Party. In 2002, the party again changed its name to Midori no kaigi, the Environmental Green Political Assembly, which itself dissolved on June 22, 2004, mainly because of the failiure of the party to win any seats in that year's elections - thus spelling the end to the Sakigake movement in Japanese politics. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Sakigake Party was a Japanese political party which existed from 1998 through 2002. ... The Midori no kaigi (みどりの会議), known in English as Environmental Green Political Assembly was a right-wing political party in Japan which has a mix of platforms. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The party gained its followers mainly from white collar bureaucrats and ecologists. It was a conservative reformist party with ecologist elements. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. ... Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. ...

See also

• The Sakigake Party
• Liberal Democratic Party
• Clean Government Party
• Japan Socialist Party
• Social Democratic Party (Japan)
• Conservatism
• Reformism
• Ecology
• Midori no kaigi
• Politics of Japan
• Japan
• List of political parties in Japan
• Timeline of liberal parties in Japan